Are you looking to advance your career as a clinical mental health counselor, couple and family counselor, or school counselor? With a program and faculty reflecting Messiah’s reputation for academic excellence, Messiah University’s CACREP-accredited Christian master's in counseling prepares you to work in a variety of professional settings.
Messiah’s counseling master’s degree and certificate options allow you to achieve work-life balance without sacrificing the advantage of small class sizes and personalized attention from our faculty. The majority of courses are online, with weeklong intensive courses at our Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, campus, so you are free to pursue your career and your degree simultaneously.
Master of Arts in Counseling
The Master of Arts in counseling program at Messiah University has a degree track designed to help students to become competent clinical mental health counselors capable of working with a variety of clients in multiple settings. Students will be prepared to serve others in the counseling process, develop their leadership abilities in the counseling field and seek to reconcile relationships within the counseling setting.
Master of Arts in Counseling
The Master of Arts in counseling program at Messiah University has a degree track designed to help students to become competent marriage, couple and family counselors to work with clients in a variety of settings. Students will be prepared to serve others in the counseling process, develop their leadership abilities in the counseling field and seek to reconcile relationships within the counseling setting.
Master of Arts in Counseling
The Master of Arts in counseling program at Messiah University has a degree track designed to help students to become competent clinical mental health counselors capable of working with a variety of clients in multiple settings. Students will be prepared to serve others in the counseling process, develop their leadership abilities in the counseling field and seek to reconcile relationships within the counseling setting.
Post-master’s Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies
Messiah University’s post-master’s CAGS in counseling is designed for students who have earned a master’s degree in an appropriate counseling-related field and who desire to take continuing education coursework, often to meet the state requirements for Pennsylvania licensure or certification.
All of Messiah's counseling degree tracks are nationally accredited by CACREP. The college's CACREP accreditation has been extended until 2028. (Why is CACREP accreditation important?)
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All of the courses, whether online or in the classroom, are taught by experienced Messiah University faculty, who are active counselors (clinical mental health, school, or marriage and family) and accomplished scholars. Messiah's faculty will encourage and mentor you to consider your own faith, the faith of others, and the relationship between counseling and issues connected to faith in your profession.
